Wall



R. W. RAFTIS July s, 1932.

HALL

Filed Jan. 15, 1930 Patented July 5, 1.932

[uNl'rED STATES PATENT oFFicEyv g RICHARD W. RAFTIS; OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; LILLIAN B. RAFTIS, EXECUTRIX OF SAID RICHARD W. RAFTIS, DECASED,V VASSIGNOR T LILLIAN B. RAFTIS,` OF CHICAGO,

o ILLrNoIs WALL My invention relates to building structures, and includes among its objects and advantages a simplification in the construction ofV walls,

particularlyin connection with the type ofV wall usually used for inside partitioning, and with the installationl of the door openings in such walls. o

In4 the aocompanyingdrawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation, partly in section, of a wall illustrating the principles of the invention;V

Figure 2 ure 1; o o

p `Figure 3 is a section online 3-3 of Fig- 16 ure 1. I j

In the embodiment of the invention selected for illustration, the wall is formed of a plurality of hollow tiles- 10, square in side elevation, and having a thicknessv depending on the thickness of wall desired. Each tile is is asectionon line 2-2 of Figprovided with a V-shaped grooveas at 12 in Figures 2 and 3 on each of two diametrically opposite sides.

;The door opening illustrated is defined in the first instance by the wood bucks 14, which lie directly in contact with the adjacent tiles. The tiles adj acent the bucks are all positioned with their grooves 12 at right angles to the bucks which leaves a plurality of square spaces for housing the nailing strips 16. The

ends of the nailing strips16 abut the bucks 14' and may receive suitable fastening ele-` ments 18 driven directly `through the buck into the ends of the nailing strips. This completes the fastening of the door casing in place With respect to the rest of the wall, and the casing may be completed in the usual way as by facing elements 20 and` stop strips 22 to abut the edge of the door when the door is closed.

The grooves 12 not only accommodate the nailing strips 16, but they are of such size that one of them combined with the clearance inp volved in a morta'r joint, such as 24, between adjacent tiles, affords clearance for the passage of piping such as 26, for the electric light wires 28. In the embodiment illustrated, part of the piping 26 is a riser parallel to the Vertical buck 14. In alternate courses the mason will put in two half tiles 30, just as in Vshaped grooves centrally located in two oppoadj acent' tiles,

'laying the straight edge for the door opening, except that the half tile giving the clearance for the piping 26 will'have their grooves Vertical.

The wall is completed on one or both sides by a surfacing of plaster 32. In most inside rooms, the finished structure includes wood trim 33, which is supported on horizontal grounds such as that at 34 in Figures 1 and 3. Such a ground not onlysupports the trim but is also a thickness gauge Vfor the plaster. The ground 34 may be securely fastened in place` by the use oflnailing strips identical with the nailing strips 16,`but positioned Vertically as lindicated at 36 in Figure 1. The nails or fastening elements 38 are driven in through the ground 3a through the mortar 40 forming the joint and into the nailing stripV 36.

Since one groove 12 is Vadequate to allow clearance for the piping 26, such piping can be run at Will throughV any irregular course anywhere .in the wall Valong the joints .between tiles, and the location of the door bucks and grounds is such that a generous allowance of nailing strips for these parts of the structure can be provided and still permit the piping 26 to be placed to best advantage. A single simple type of fastening and fastening element serves for the grounds and for the Vbucks, and the clearance groovesfor these fastening elements permit the electrician to run his Awiring practically anywhere he desires. i

Without furtherelaboration, the foregoing 30 will so fully explain` my. invention, that others may, by applying knowledge current at the time of application, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim: i

1. A building structure comprising'a Wall built up of square tiles, each tile having V- site edges,'door bucks defining a Vdoor opening and abutting said tiles, the tiles adj acent said Vbucks being laid ywithltheir grooved edges at right angles to said bucks, nail'ing strips laid in the square Channels betweenl a nails passing through said bucks and into the ends of said strips, piping for electric wires enibedded in said wall along the joints between the tiles, said tiles being laid with their grooVes positioned to receive said piping, said piping including a riser parallel to' one of said door bucksfi, a' hfori'- zontal plaster ground, certain of' th'e'tilesHV level with said ground being laid with their' gro'oves Vertical,Y Vertical' mailingl strips incertain ofthe; Vertical joints level'with said ground, and nails passing through said ground and the inortar between the tiles into` said Vertical strips.

2. A building structurecomprisingxa wall built up of tiles, each tile having V-shaped grooVesin't-wo o'p'posite'edg'e door bucls definiiiga door opening, the tile'sadjacent said* buck's' being; laid' with their grooved' ledges at right angles to said buclrs, nailin'g 29Ustr'ps" laid in the square` channels' between adjaicent: tiles,A nails' passing* through said into the'ends' of' Sai d "strips', afnd 'a' pipi'n'g riser parallel'* to' one' ofl saidx door bu'cjks'and fspace'd from said 'buckj 331Ai'building' structurecoinprising '1 Vfa'll b'uilt' up oftsq'uare4 tiles; e/a'ch tile' having V'- shap'e'd gro'oves' in two opposi'te'edges', a Verti-h c'a'l'doorjbucl, the:tilesadjacent'said b'uek` be- M iii'g laid'with their' grooved edges'horizon'tal.,| O" na'lling strip'sflaid in the'square'chaiinelsbe:- t'ween said adj acent'` tiles; na'ils* pa'ssi'ng thro'uglrsaidbucks and'linto th'e'en'ds of said stri'p's, a 'hori'zon'tal 'plast`er`ground5 certain of' x the tiles level with said ground `being laid' with tli'e'ir'groores Verticahverticfal n'ail'ingv strt'ipsl in -certain of' the' Vertical'joint leveli with 'said grountLad'ntils passii'ig'through' sa'i d ground and-:the nio'rta'r between'the' tiles intro' 'Saidverficai'sn-ps; i v ,i 4 4.' A building structure?coniprisingi a' wall built up o'f' square' tiles arran'ged in' i a plura'lit'y" of' Courses, each ;tile having' s'hap'e`dL groove's'in-two opposite edge's,` the tiles coni'lv V: p'rising`-` allterii'a't'eH Courses' being' arrangedin' w Vertical ailinelent and laid with their grooves' Vertical; and? a'plura'lity ofitile's sina'ller than the 'firstnained' tiles? a'nd having' gr'o'o'ves' in certain of'tlie'ir e'dges', said'snlalle'r'tiles' being placed in-alternate Courses of the-first narned tiles and witlrthe'irgrooves' alinedfwith the grooves incertain? of Athe tiles' in alternate cour's'e's, whereby a' straightconduit' maybe psitiion'ed in the opening' defined by said aiined'gi'ovs. w J 5. A building structure comprising'a-wall' built up of square tiles arranged-inajpluralit'y' ofcours'es; each tile having- V-shapedgroove'sI in two opposit'e edge's, the tiles, CCimpriSing` alternate 'Courses 'being ai'rr'ang'ed in Vertical) alinernen't', the tiles contipri'si'ngV son'iev of the c'o'ur's'es lb'e'ngfpositi'o'ned with their groove'd' edg'esf Vertical and the Vtiles compr'iLsingi'other" conrses' 'being 'arrng'ed" with their grooved edges position'ed in hofrizontial'- plnes, and a pluralitfy of tiles siiialler than the first'named tiles and having grooves in certain of their edges, said snialler tiles being placed in alternate Courses of the tiles and positioned with their grooved edges Vertical and alined with certain of said first nained- Vertical grooves, -whereby a straight con'duit n'iav be positioned inz the opening defin'ed by the grooves in the snialler tiles and certain of the grooves in--the other tilesassociated-with; thegrooves lin the sin-aller-tiles, certain of the horizontal grooves-beingarranged in alinement for receiving a straight conduit connected with said first nained conduit.l

6. A building structure coinprising a wall bufilt:l up of; square vtiles ar'r'anged -in arplurality' of-course`s,1e ch-tile' having groovesinltwooppositef edges-,` door' bue'ks defi'ningf ai door?v opening' an abutting certain-of- 'the' tiles,- the tiles adjacent said b'uclrs being laid'fw'ithltheirf' groo'vedv edges alt* rightfanglesf to fthejfbueks;` fastening strips laid in the Channelsbetween? the adj acen't tiles `'abutting'said fibueks, -ftening means' passing" through said hu'ch` and-f into the e-nds offsaidf faste'ning `.st`i'i`1`)`s-^,-certain` w' of the tilesbeing arranged with their grove edges in Vertical azliiieine'nt the tiles iii-'alternate courses being arranged in offset relation'` with vthe' other tiles, anda-plurality of 'sniallr tiles positioned between alternate Courses and? having groov'ed i edges' alined with certain of said 'last'nainedgrooved edge's wlier'ehy a con-` duitv inny' be positionedn the'op'e'nin'g definedf by'sajid last nanied'g1`'bo`'fes,v other of'szridltils having theirgroov'ed edges positionediina ho'rizonta'l plane 'afnd'iarranged forreceiving; a horizonta'l conduitconnected With-tliefirs'tl named conduit.

'7.V A building structurecomprising af-'wall built up oficellulart'iles; a ve'frticalldoor'bucliand'nailingpieces ernbedded in said wallbef" t'ween the I edges :of adj acefnt tiles withthe'ir* endsabuttingsaidbuck; the tiles a'dj'acentf said bucls being; of identical construction' with the'rest of thetiles' in the walli In tefstinony wherefo'f IZ hereunto aflix niy signature; 'J w RICHARD lv. RAFTIS; 

